... participation Social capital Festivals The locus of power is located at the “centre” and the expression of power, therefore, determines who lies “at the margins” (Smith and Pitts, 2007). Groups and communities may be marginalised for several reasons, including race, gender, religion...

... transformation when designing experiences. This study borrows positive psychology as a theoretical lens to explore festivals as a prime context for liminal transformative experiences in the hospitality context. A constructivist qualitative research design was used through 31 in-depth interviews. To ensure...

..., shareable memories, which influence future behaviours. In particular, the role of others and of music in creating value through memories is considered using the concept of socially extended emotions. Over 250 narratives were gathered from festival attendees in the UK and Finland. Respondents...

... rights only This paper aims to understand how festival brand personality is built and managed in the social media environment by explaining the intended (by the organizers) festival brand personality and how this concept is communicated and perceived by social media users. A multi-method...

... aims to explore and evaluate practice-based segmentation as an alternative conceptual segmentation perspective that acknowledges the active role of consumers as value co-creators. Data comprising various aspects of customer-to-customer (C2C) co-creation practices of festival visitors were...

... This study aims to examine the extent of collaboration and networking between local festival stakeholders by focusing on the differences in how they evaluate themselves and other stakeholders. A questionnaire directed toward different stakeholder groups involving 1,092 respondents was administered...

...Mathilda Van Niekerk The articles in the special issue identify the latest thematic trends in events, festivals and destination management research and propose conceptual frameworks for event and festival life cycle trajectories. They build on previous research confirming how accessible...

...., 2011 ; Lee, 2011) but in the context of the travel planning process. The majority of SM and tourism papers with a temporal focus considered only pre-trip information and planning. More recently, Hudson and Hudson (2013) examined SM influences on the consumer decision process for festivals and events...

...Hyungsuk Choo; Kwangho Ahn; James F. Petrick Current research examining repeat visits to festivals has primarily focused on behavioral intentions to predict the actual behavior. A main framework examining determinants of revisit intentions has thus far been festival quality and satisfaction...

... an overview of festivals and meeting/convention events in the region. Findings Drawing from specific examples from the region, reasons for event successes are discussed. A diagram is used to illustrate how event products should be developed in order to help Niagara region tourism and economic growth...

...Stephen W. Litvin; Elizabeth Fetter Purpose The purpose of this research is to study the impact of the Spoleto, USA festival on the Charleston, SC hotel industry. Anecdotal evidence indicates that, while the highly successful event has benefited the community as a whole, hotels have not shared...